Hybrid airline, Malindo Air, has received permission to fly to Mumbai as well as a few South Indian destinations, said a
report.
It was earlier reported that the airline would commence flying the Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi route soon.
Malindo Air will deploy the Boeing 737-900ER aircraft on the Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi route, bundling the sector with a 15kg baggage allowance, meals and inflight entertainment, TTG Asia reported.
"The airline is also likely to fly to Kolkata, Trivandrum, Chennai and Bangalore soon," Survottam Travel's managing director, Rajendra Churiwala was quoted as saying.
He said that the new flights are likely to be a hit in the market as clients would use Malindo, not only for travel to Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, but also to Singapore.
This is given Malindo's price competitiveness compared to airlines such as Singapore Airlines and SilkAir.
Malaysia recorded 780,000 tourist arrival from India last year.-- Bernama
The ringgit rebounded against the US dollar in early trade today, dealers said.
The ringgit was quoted at 3.1800/1830 to the dollar, from 3.1890/1920 at close yesterday.
A dealer said emerging Asian currencies were lifted by hopes that the US would not slow down its bond-purchase stimulus programme, despite weaker than expected retail sales in the country.
The local unit was lower against the Singapore dollar at 2.5192/5222 from 2.5154/5197 yesterday, but higher against the yen at 3.1816/1862 from 3.1951/1984 previously.
The ringgit was also lower against the British pound at 4.8002/8060 from 4.7985/8040 and dipped slightly against the euro at 4.1534/1580 from 4.1534/1576.-- Bernama
More than 1 million people have signed an online petition from the NAACP, asking the Justice Department to file federal charges against George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin.
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George Zimmerman's business with the criminal court in Florida may be done, but a federal civil rights investigation remains open, and legal experts say he could face a civil suit.
A federal investigation into the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is underway, and prosecutors from the Justice Department's civil rights division will review evidence from the FBI and the Florida criminal trial, the Justice Department said Sunday in a written statement.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated townhouse community in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed Trayvon on Feb. 26, 2012, as he returned home from buying snacks at a convenience store. Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, claimed he shot the unarmed African-American teenager in self-defense.
"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate," the statement said.
NAACP President Ben Jealous said on CNN that the civil rights organization had spoken with Justice Department officials about lodging federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
"There will be a federal civil rights phase," Jealous said.
Trayvon's family could sue Zimmerman in civil court for wrongful death, following the example of the families of O.J. Simpson's former wife, Nicole Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, who sued the football star and won $33.5 million after he was acquitted on murder charges. A wrongful death lawsuit seeks money damages rather than punishment.
Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., issued a statement urging the family to sue Zimmerman.
"While I am profoundly disappointed with the ruling in this case, the criminal portion of the process has run its course," Wilson said. "I encourage Trayvon's parents to pursue vindication of their rights under civil law."
Barbara Arnwine, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, called the verdict a "tragic miscarriage of justice."
"No matter how you look at this situation, if it were not for the actions of Mr. Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin would still be alive with his family today," she said in a statement. "Yet there is still the potential for justice to be served through a civil suit brought about by Trayvon Martin's surviving family members, and also through civil rights charges."
Although Zimmerman has few assets, a book or movie deal could make him a lucrative target for a wrongful death suit, said Randy Reep, a criminal defense attorney in Jacksonville.
Apart from money, the family might sue "if only for a victory in principle," he said.
Despite the acquittal in criminal court, Trayvon's parents could win in civil court, where a lower standard of proof prevails, he said. A jury in civil court need only be convinced that Zimmerman "more likely than not" is responsible for Trayvon's wrongful death, he said. In a criminal court, a jury can acquit if they have "reasonable doubt."
Zimmerman would be immune to such a lawsuit only if he asked for a hearing under Florida's "stand-your-ground" law and a judge found he justifiably used force in self-defense in the face of an "unlawful threat," Reep said.
Zimmerman's lawyer, Mark O'Mara, commented Saturday night on the possibility of suits against his client.
"On the civil aspect, if someone believes that it's appropriate to sue George Zimmerman, then we will seek and we will get immunity in a civil hearing.
"We'll see just how many civil lawsuits are spawned from this fiasco."
A man arrested Sunday taking photos outside Secretary of State John Kerry's Beacon Hill home will be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court today on alcohol related charges.
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Vladimir Romanov, 29, of West Roxbury, was apprehended Sunday afternoon for possession of an open alcohol container, authorities said.
In his vehicle, police said they found a pellet gun, three cell phones, a TomTom navigation system and a black canvas bag holding several carbon dioxide cartridges.
All of the items were seized as evidence, police said.
Boston police arrested Romanov after getting a call for assistance from State Department security officials around 4 p.m. on Sunday.
"Upon arrival officers spoke with members of the State Department Diplomatic Security Service who reported they observed a man taking several pictures of the windows outside the Secretary's Boston home,'' Boston police said on their website.
Kerry was visiting his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital when security officers saw the man taking pictures of the couple's house on Beacon Hill. She was recovering after becoming ill on Nantucket earlier this month.
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